Sunday, October 19, 2008

Halloween in Downtown Memphis

Elmwood Cemetery is not downtown as it is in the Midtown 38104 zip code but it feels like it's in a hinterland area somewhere in between. For my Halloween event purposes it's close enough to downtown to include in my continuing list of things to do. What better place to be on Halloween than the city's oldest active cemetery? The following text was taken from the Elmwood website:

Flashlight Tour
Friday, October 31
10:00-11:00 p.m.

"View Elmwood in a different light this Halloween night. Our first-ever flashlight tour will take place on Friday, October 31st from 10:00-11:00 pm. Guided tours of the cemetery's little known "haunts" await you. The cost for this tour is $20/person. Please bring a flashlight and wear comfortable walking shoes. Space for each tour is limited. Reservations and payment must be made in advance. The deadline to make reservations is Wednesday, October 29th."

Imagine seeing some of these monuments and headstones at night:









3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sometimes, cementeries are so beautiful, that visiting them becomes an invitation to forget about the sad side of the event they are related to...

K & M

Sparkling Like A Diamond said...

What is this cemetary close to? I can't figure out where it is?

Ms. Liminal said...

Sparkling,
Elmwood is off Crump between East Street (where Justine's used to be) and 240 - on a street called Dudley. It's way back south of Crump. That's why it doesn't feel like Midtown.